How to change FTP password from command line?

I am using Windows FTP client to connect to my Linux box. But I dont see any command to change the FTP user password. How can I do this?

Solution 1:

You cannot change FTP user password, using FTP client, just like you cannot change your e-mail password using Outlook / Thunderbird.

You have to log in to linux server to do that. Most common setup is to use standart unix user accounts for FTP. For SQL / LDAP based auth schemas, please refer to manual.

You can try login with SSH (For windows enviroment ( recommend Putty http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/). When logged in, just type passwd (enter) into command promt, then enter your current password, then new one.

Another way is to login into server using root user / user with sudo privileges and type (sudo) passwd [username], and change password then.

Solution 2:

If you are using a ftp command line client, try this:

passwd your_username

It should ask for your current password and then ask you to retype the new one twice.